... Westminster on Ada Burke (47), widow, of Mercer-st., Long Acre, who died suddenly, that her only son was killed in the Battle of the Somme 2 years ago, when he won the Military Medal, and that she had never held her Lead up since the bereavement. ...

... Russian Cross of St George. He was formcfly in the Welsh Fusiliers, and was invalided home after being wounded in the battle of the Somme in 1916. He met his wife at a solicitor's office and she confessed that she had a child, of which he was not the father ...

... —Mr. Huntley Jenkinii said accused was well connected. He ga i ne d his commission from th 6 ranks and in the first battle of the Somme was we - united and buried by a shell. He was still suffering from shook. The defalcations, amounting to £77, had been ...

... . Looking-glass Charlock, white and flower. yellow. Hemp-nettle. Goosefool. Sow-thistle. The WOII , over which the Battle of the Somme was fought in the late summer and autumn of 1916, was during the winter and spring of 1917 a dreary waste of mud and ...

... awa4 of the V.C. to Piper Richardson, rats Manitoba Regt., who 5:00 his life in going back for his pipes during the Battle of tho Somme in 1916. Here is the official description of the gallant piper's deed:— Before theattick he obtained permission from ...

... Nancy, and afterwards.at the Marne his brilliant and daring strategic movement won that vital battle. He planned with Sir Douglas nai l ; the battle of the Somme. Gen. Foch\hhs been the representative of the'French armies on the Supreme War Council at Versailles ...

... that a dispute involving several million pounds has arisen between the Ministry of Munitions and the chief firms engaged SOMME BATTLE ACAIN. BUT POSITIONS REVERSED. M. llenri Bidou, the well-known'in the manufacture of high expl military critic of the Journal ...